Telegraphic communication system



March 28, 1950 E. E. KLEINSCHMIDT TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION SYSTEM 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 Original Filed Dec. 24, 1943 3 5 IJIY 6 U 2 Q 4 I Z M 6 W 0 0 w 6 W W WWW INVENTOR. Edwc! rd E. Kleinschmidi LM fl gm attorneys March 28, 1950 E. E. KLEINSCHMIDT TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Original Filed Dec. 24, 1943 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 NTOR.

[NV z Edward E. Klelnschmidf BY M J attorneys March 28, 1950 E. E. KLEINSCHMIDT TELEGRAPHIC comumcmxou SYSTEM 3 Sheets-Sheet 5 Original Filed Dec. 24, 1943 INVENTOR. Edward E. Kleinschmidr attorneys Patented Mar. 28, 1950 UNITED ST TES PATENT OFFICE Edward E. Kleinschmidt, Miami Beach, Fla.

Original application December 24, 1943, Serial No. 515,562. Divided and this application ctober 7, 1946, Serial No. 701,658

!l'his invention relates to telegraphic communication systems and is a division-of my copending application for patent filed December 24, 1943, Serial No. 515,562, issued June 28, 1949, as Patent No. 2,474,257.

The' pre sent invention is applicable to either automatic or manually controlled systems for switching telegraph messages and hasior its general object and purpose to provide. means for simultaneously transmitting a plurality of code signal combinations in a group to switching mechanism interconnecting communication channels which, in the present application, is characterized by an efficiently operating means for transmitting in one operation a plurality of code signal combinations such-as the .address of a message to an automatic switch.

Telegraphic. switching systems as heretofore proposed" have been comparatively complicated and required the numbering of messages by the automatic transmission of successive numbers over trunk circuits. To prevent the loss of messages ,.in "such prior systems, a great amount of manual supervision is requiredand it has also been nfecessary, .in the manually operated system, for the switchboard operator to read a printed or perforated tape to determine the destination of the message so that he may switch it to the proper circuit.

'.;In myReissue Patent No. 22,723, issued February. 19,1916, there is disclosed a method of code address transmission in. which an address transmitter transmits single. groups of signals corresponding to. different letters, one at a time, to individual selectors, of which there is one for each letter --of the code address. Each-selector when operated connects the transmitting circuit to atrunlg, connected to the next selector which in turn, .when operated by. afollowing letter combination,.c.o nnects the transmission circuit to the next selector .in the series. This operation continues progressively until a final outgoing or sub scriber trunk is reached- .When a through con-. nectionfihas'beenmade and the circuits are ready to receive message transmission the perforated tapeis. pulled bacl; to its. startin point, after transmission' of the address codes, so that the address code of. the message may be transmitted with the message.

The abovemethodfofoperation is time consuming and requires considerable expensive apparatus... Mypresent inventionis distinguished therefrominthat during each interval of rest of theperforated tapeor. other. record medium the entire"-riumber. .oi code address combinations are simultaneously. transmitted to set the switching apparatus, after which, when a trunk circuit has beenestablished, the transmitter is rendered inefiective to transmit all butone of-the groups of d-sa se-sqmb n i qn nd? to Start message Claims.

transmission from a single remaining group of address code combinations before the. record. me-

dium is moved to the followingmessage'transmit ting position.

To eliminate these economize in the consumption of line time, it is a further object of the present invention to provide.

a code record controlled transmitter with a group.

devices and the code record in the successive.

transmission of a plurality of messages.

It is a more particular object of the invention.

in one embodiment thereof, to provide. a tape.

transmitter in which the tape is provided withaplurality of rows Of code signal perforations, to-. gether with cooperative sensing devices control-. ling circuit closing contacts. These circuits in a, manual system may be connected to indicator lamps on an operators switchboard, or, man

automatic system, to control the operationof selector mechanism and transmit the address of the message and also indicate whether the message is ordinary, urgent or deferred. Other subordinate objects of the invention will become apparent from the following description and claims.

In the drawings, wherein I have disclosed one practical embodiment of the invention, and in.

which similar reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views:

Figure 1 illustrates more or less diagrammath cally a section of an assembled switchboard to beused in the preferred embodiment of my inven tion;

Figure 2 illustrates diagrammatically one panel of an incoming circuit at the switchboard;

Figure 3 is an enlarged detail section on the line 1 33 of Figure 2, showing the construction of the.

jack and plug;

Figure 4 shows the plug in its seat at the switchboard and associated connections and locking device;

Figure 5 is a side elevation partially in section; showing the essential elements of a preferred. form of tape transmitterused in the preferred embodiment of my invention;

Figure 5c is a similar view of certain of the.

elements not seen in Figure 5;

Figure 6 is a plan view with parts broken away of the mechanism illustrated in Figure 5;

Figure '7 is a fragmental side elevation of thestepping mechanism illustrated in Figure 6;

Figure 8 is a sectional view along line 8-8 of...

Figure-5;

Figure-9 shows the circuits ,from an incoming-,

objectionable features and line to the jack and the various indicator lamps at the switchboard; and

Figure l shows the switchboard bus circuit.

Referring to Figure 1, included in the switchboard assembly I are the panel assemblies 2 of incoming lines which may be multipled to various switchboard positions in usualzmanner. Plugs 23 ar connected to outgoing trunks multipled to various switchboard positions. Signal lights 4 are connected to indicate :busy trunks :in well known manner.

In the panel assembly (Figure 2) of an incomin line; white indicator lamp 5 flashes during the transmission of a message; red indicator lamp 6 flashes to indicate trouble when the answerback 8v of five lamps each indicate the address of the ultimate distributing point for the message; a

deferred message is indicated by the lamp H; and an urgent message is indicated by the lamp l2 'all'as will more fully hereinafter appear. The circuit arrangements for lamps I and i2, as hereinafter pointed out, are such that when both are lighted at the same time, the indication is for an ordinary message. Start button i3 is operated to start transmission. Jack I4 is provided with an ejecting spring -|5 which engages flange IE of the:multiple contact plug '3 when the plug is inserted in jack l4. Flange I6 must fit between guide -walls |'8 to insure proper insertion of the plug. Hock lever 20 ispivoted on a bracket 2| and normallyhe'ld againstthe edge of opening 22 by a spring 23. Magnet '25 when energized attracts hook lever '20 to release it from lug 26 of plug 3 thus "permitting spring 15 'to eject plug 3 out of its socket. Contactpins 27, of which there are seven carried by plug 3, are connected through cable '28 to circuits at an outgoing channel as will be described later. When plug 3 is inserted in jack 'l4, spring 5 presses an insulated plunger 29 against contact springs 30 to close them, and pins2'l each engage one of seven contactsprings 31, only four springs 3| being shownin Figure 3. Contact springs 3| are-connected to circuits'of a local transmitter as will be described later.

In Figure ,4 plug 3 is shown resting in its socket on table portion 3| of the switchboard. When in this position, it depresses button'32 which disengages busy contacts 33 'to hold the circuit of signal lamp 4 normally open, as in Figure 10. A hook lever 34 pivotally mounted in a bracket 35 is normally held out of contact'by spring 34' with ledge 35 forming a part of plug 3. Amagnet 31 included in the busy circuit and mounted on bracket '35 attracts hook lever 34 to engage same with led e 35 when the trunk to which the plug is connected "is busy, all 'asmore fully hereinafter described.

Referring to Figures ,5, 6, 7 and 8 which show the operating parts of a preferred tape transmitter used in my system, perforated tape 4|, movable beneath a perforated plate 40, is engaged by a row of five tape feelers 42 for sensing messages and attimes address signals. A row of five tape feelers '43 sense tape 4| for address signals. Deferred message signals are sensed by tape feeler 44, and tape "feeler 45 senses tape 4| for urgent messa e signals. All of the tape feelers are guided at their upper ends in a plate 45, tape feelers 42 and 43 are guided at their lower ends in a slotted plate 41, and tape feelers 44 and 45 are guided in plate 48. The upper ends of the several tape feelers are received in the registering perforations of plate 40. Each tape feeler has associated with it a contact lever; those associated with tape feelers 42 are numbered 5| those associated with the tape feelers 43 are numbered 52; the oneassociated with tapeieelerdlis num bered 53 (Figure 5a) and the one associated with tape feeler 45 is numbered 54. Contact members 5| are individually supported by insulated mountings on rlevers55 pivoted on a common bearing 56 carried on the supporting framework, not shown. Springs 5! act on levers 55 to urge the connected tape feelers 42 :upward and contact member 5| :against a common contact bar 58. A bell crank armature 'lever G l pivoted on a bearing 62 is shown attracted .by transmitter operatedmagnet 63. A spring 64 retracts armature lever 6| when magnet 63 is de-energized. The horizontal arm of hell crank lever *6-| has a "terminalbail 65'which engages all of the jledges 56 forming .a part of tape feelers 42 so that, when magnet 63 is energized as shown, all tape feelers "42 arewithdrawnfrom engagement with tape 4| and contact 51 is disengaged'from contact'bar 58. An upward extension 65 (Figures 6 and '7) from, bell crank lever 6| carries a pawl 68 which isiheld in operative contact with ratchet -'|-'l byspring 12. ,A stud 13 engages ledge 14 iormingapart o'fpawl 68, when magnet =63 is tie-energized and bell crank armature '6| moves in its "retracted position. IDeten't lever "65 mounted on a "bearing .15 is pressed against ratchet I by springfltoholdthe ratchet in the set position. Ratchet "H is fastened to a shaft 18 mounted in bearings "19 (Figure 6). A feed wheel 8| also fastened tosha'ft 18 is equipped with pi'nprojections which engage the feed holes 82 of the transmitting tape 4| to feed the tape step-by-step by the action of operating magnet-63.

Code holes 83 are perforated 'inthetape to correspond with the code combinations required for each character to be transmitted. Asthe tape is fed through the transmitter step-'by-step during the transmission of a message, tape feelers 42 either press against the tape 4| 'or'pass through a code hole 83 and permit the associated'lever 55 to move "its 'contact'member 5| against contact bar 58. The plate 46 is so positioned .with respect to tape 41 that those of thetape feelers 42 which engage blank tape, that is, where there are "no code perforations, do not permit lever55'to'move a sufficient distance 'to allow contact lever 5| to engage contact bar 58. This operation of similar parts in standardtape transmitters is'well known.

Tape feelers 43, '44 and 45 are added to the standard tape transmitter mechanism for the purpose of reading the address of a message and/ or for controlling automatic switches when used. Tape feelers 43 are individually associated with contact levers 84 which carry contacts 52 and are pivoted on bearings 85 and pressed 'upward by individual springs .88. All ;of the tape feelers 43 are normally held out of engagement with tape 4| "by aterminal bail 89:forming a part Of armature'lever 81 and pivoted on 'a bearing 88, by the action of spring 9|. ciated with contact 53 and tape feeler 45 associated with contact 54 are held in their normal lower position by a'bail 92 operatively connected to bail B9. Levers 96 carry the contacts 53 and 54 respectively and are 'actuatedto circuit closing position by springs 98. 'It'will'be understood that the armature spring 9| is of greater strength than the springs 86 and 9.8 to restrain action of the latter and normally-maintain contacts 52,53 and 54 in open-circuit position. When the address of a message 'is'to be transmitted, magnet 93 is ener izedto release tape feelers 43, 44 and 45 which thereupon assume positions "in accord-'-' Tape feeler 44 assoance'with perforations in the tape. Those passing through code perforations in the tape permit corresponding levers 84 and 96 to be operated to move contacts 52, 53 and 54 carried thereby into circuit closing engagement with common bars 94 and 95. Magnet 93 remains de-energized during message transmission.

The system herein disclosed contemplates that the receiving operator (a telegraph employee) when receiving a message from the public over the telephone at a branch office or over a subscriber teletype circuit will prefix each message when retransmitting it into the switching system with the code address of the ultimate central office distributing point, such code address to include special signals to indicate whether the message is an ordinary one, a deferred message, or an urgent message. Two letter code combinations will indicate the ultimate central office and the third combination will indicate the type of message. message end signal combination.

Switchboard connection from incoming line Referring now to Figure 9, Sheet 3, which shows the circuit arrangements associated with the transmitter of an incoming line, transmitter I120 is constructed in accordance with the showings of Figures 5, 6, '7 and 8, Sheet 2. The parts shown in this view, which are numbered corresponding y, are controlled by perforated tape M in the manner previously explained. The connections of the transmitter, as well as the relay positions in this view, are in the condition they will be in when a message is Waiting to be transmitted. At thislevers I23 of transfer relay I2 I, contacts I50, wires- III. and to address lamps 1, wire I41, contacts I .41, and negative battery. Current will also pass from plus battery, common bar 95 to the con-.

nected contact members 52 and lamps in group 8,

contacts I41, to negative battery, and to contact.

member 53, lamp II, contacts I41, to negative battery. In accordance with the connection shown the third and fourth lamp in group 'I, the first, third, and fifth lamp in group 8, and lamp will be lighted indicating on the address lamps that the message waiting is a deferred one, destined for N Y which are the symbols for New York. This address and type of message will be read by the switchboard operator who then inserts a plug 3 connected to a New York trunk in a jack I4 connected to the waiting message, or if the lines are busy and since the waiting message is a deferred one, inserts a plug 3 that is connected to storage apparatus especially provided The storage apparatus:

for deferred messages. maybe located at the New York trunks or may be connected to special switchboard positions.

Transmission from incoming circuit Before describing the operation of relays, etc,

whenfa'plug 3 is connected to the circuit, I will give 'ageneral. description of the condition of the At the end of the message he adds a circuits at the time of a waiting message, that is,- when the address lamps are lighted. Only relay I2I and holding coil I 22 of relay I26 are energized at this time. Relay I2I was energized by the on- I eration of the message end signal and relay I26 was energized by the answerback signal. Battery I36 is at this time charging condenser I37 through contacts I38. Holding coil I22 of relay I26, holding coil I43 of relay I44 and holding coil I46 of relay I45 are composed of windings of a comparatively small number of turns, insufiicient when energized to attract the armatures Of the relays but sufficient to hold the armatures attracted after the relays are operated by their respective operating coils. I

Whena switchboard operator inserts a plug 3 in jack I4 to transmit the waiting message, sixth pulse impulses from the trunk to which plug 3 is connected will periodically pass over wire I4I from positive battery at the trunk through relay I42, holding coil I43 of relay M4 and negative battery. Start key I3 is now depressed closing contact I40 to prepare a circuit for the discharge of condenser I31 which is closed through operating coil I 44' of relay I44 when contacts I61 are closed by a sixth pulse arriving on wire MI. Energized holding coil I43 holds relay I44 operated during the sixth pulse. The pulse from start key I3, when that is depressed, is a momentary condenser discharge, so that if the key is held down during the transmission of one or two letters, nothing occurs. Contacts I5I and I39 of relay I44 will be opened during this sixth pulse interval. The holding circuit for coil I43 is energized by recurrent sixth pulses and operates to hold contacts I 39 and I5I open only during the full length of the first sixth pulse after coil I44 is energized by the discharge of condenser I 31, which is of very short duration. Subsequent sixth pulses do not attract the armature of relay I44. Contacts I5I open the holding circuit for relays I2I and I26. Contacts I39 open the sixth pulse circuit wire I4I' to relay I and magnet 63. Relay I26 when released opens contacts I41 disconnecting negative battery from the address lamps and closes contacts I25 which close a circuit from positive battery through holding coil I46 of relay I45, resistance I68 and negative battery. Relay I N when released by the opening of contacts I5I opens contacts I 28 in circuit with address magnet 93 which releases armature 81, and tape feelers 43, 44 and 45 are released from engagement with tape 4i by the action of spring 9| (Figure 5, Sheet 2). Selected contacts 5| will however remain in contact with. common bar 58. The sixth pulse now on wire I4! cannot at this time pass to relay I65 and transmitter operating magnet 63 over wire MI and closed contacts I32 I of relay I2I, since contacts I39 of relay I44 are open during the first sixth pulse interval. Se lected contacts 5I will therefore remain in the set position after the first sixth pulse is received on wire MI and the first code combination in} tape 4 I, forming a part of the address of the message, willbe transmitted over relays I48, contacts 552, wires I52, jack I4, plug 3, and through cable 23 to a bank of relays at the connected trunk; The second and following pulses passing over the sixth pulse circuit I4I and MI will not'operate relay I44 but operate relay I 65 and magnet 63 through contacts I39 of relay I44fwire MI, contacts I 32 of relay I2I, and contact I33 ofrelay' I45 to relay I65 and transmitter operating mag net 53 tonegative battery, and step transmitting mechanism for tape 4! through transmitter I'2Il-'."

Relay I42 will also be operated but will close no circuits other than through contacts I54, lighting white lamp withevery sixth pulse through closed contacts I'Ill of relay I45, and I of relay I2 I, thus giving the switchboard operator an indication that the message is being transmitted.

The transmission of the full address and message continues until the message end signal combination. in tape 4| reaches feeler pins 42. The message end signal combinations used for the purpose of this description of the invention are the code combination commonly used for carriage return comprising three spacing, one marking and one spacing signals followed by a blank code combination, that is, one containing five spacing signals. The carriage return code combination always sets relays I43 to close series contacts I55, closing a circuit from positive battery, contacts I 64" of relay S65, wire I64, contacts I55, relay I56 to negative battery. Relay I65 opens this circuit during the sixth. pulse interval to prevent relays- I48 getting false impulses during the contact setting period. Relay I56 is sufiiciently slow release to hold its armatures attracted over the sixth pulse interval. The closing of contacts I58 and I by relay I56 and the opening of contacts I66 Will have no effect since the connected circuits are open at other points at this time. When however a blank code combination immediately follows a carriage return combination, all the relays I48 remain de-energized and series contacts I51 of relays I48 are closed before relay I56 releases its armatures and current now passes through contacts I58, operating coil I59 of relay I45, relay I56 to negative battery. Relay I is operated and held so by the energized holding coil I46, until the answerback signal is received. Contacts I of rela I 45 close a circuit over wire I60 from positive battery through relay I2I, holding coil I22 of relay I26, contacts I5I to negative battery. Relay I 2I operates to move armatures I23 from contacts I52 to contacts I50 transferring the circuits from contacts 5I to the address lamps 1. Relay i2! closes contacts I2! which close a selflocking circuit that remains closed until start key I3 is depressed. Relay I45 opens contacts I33 and closes contacts I34 transferring the circuit of relay I and magnet 63 from the outgoing trunk sixth pulse on wires MI and MI to an auto-pulsing circuit I12 through closed contacts I35. The auto-pulses periodically energize relay I65 and magnet 63, which impart step movements to the tape 4! over feeler pins 42 until a code perforation is reached. One or more of the relays I48 are then energized and the circuit through series contacts i5! interrupted, whereupon relay I56 is released and contacts I35 opened disconnecting the auto-pulsing circuit In and leaving transmitter] 29- at rest, with feeler pins 42 pressed against tape 6!. Contacts I66, rela I56 and closed contacts I'Hl of relay I45 close a circuit through red trouble lamp 6 which flashes by the periodic closing of contacts I54 of relay I42 until the answerback signal is received. Contacts I29 of relay I2I close to prepare the answerback circuit from wire III. Contacts I28 of relay I 2I close to prepare the circuit for address magnet 93. Contacts 30 of relay I2I open v the circuit for white lamp 5. the sixth pulse circuit to relay I65 and magnet 63. Under normal conditions when no faults exist in either the circuits or apparatus, the answerback signal is received on wire III within one second after the message end signal is transmitted from contacts 5 I. The answerback signal Contacts I32 of relay I2I openv when received passes through operating coil I6I of relay I26 and disconnect magnet 25 over wire III'. Relay I26 when operated remains so until key I3 is depressed to start a new message. Magnet 25 releases plug 3, whereupon spring I5 ejects it from jack I4. Relay I26 opens contacts I 25 de-energizing holding coil I46 and relay I45 is released. Contacts I41 of relay I26 connect negative battery to address lamps I, 6, II and I2. When relay I45 is released, it closes the circuit to address magnet 93 through contacts I13, wire I13 and closed contacts I28 of relay I2 I. A combination of lamps II and I2 and certain of the lamps in groups I and 8 are now lighted in accordance with the. code combinations of the address characters in the next waiting message. As before stated relays I26 and I2I remain operated. The switchboard operator now reads the address lamps for the destination of the message and inserts in jack I4 a plug 3 that is connected to an outgoing trunk that will carry the waiting message to its destination after which he depresses the key i3 to start transmission.

If an answerback signal is not received on wire III, red trouble lamp 6 will flash and plug 3 will remain connected to jack I4. When this occurs the switchboard operator summons a service attendant who communicates with a service attendant at the receiving station. When the fault is located and repaired, transmission is restarted.

Contacts I29 of relay I2 I, which are open during message transmission, are provided to prevent an answerback impulse on wire I'II from operating relay I26 or disconnecting magnet 25 at any time other than after a message has been transmitted.

From the foregoing it will be seen that I have provided simple and reliable operating means for conditioning the interconnecting switch mechanism between communication channels, in which a plurality of groups of message address code signals are simultaneously transmitted to said mechanism, and message character code combinations are successively transmitted to said switch mechanism, together with means controlling the transmission of the message address and character code combinations in predetermined order. Thus, the successive and accurate transmission of messages with their respective addresses may be rapidly completed, with a minimum consumption of line time, while simultaneously with the transmission of the message address code combinations, said switch mechanism is conditioned to indicate ,7 whether the message is one of the ordinary, de-

ferred or urgent type. Of course, if desired the tape transmitter may be provided with additionalrows of code perforations and sensing devices for the transmission of other code signal. combinations of special significance.

This invention may be embodied in other specific forms without departing from the spirit or essential characteristics thereof. The present embodiment is therefore to be considered in all respects as illustrative and not restrictive, the scope of the invention being indicated by the appended claims rather than by the foregoing description, and all Changes which come within the meaning and range of equivalency of the claims are therefore intended to be embraced therein.

What is claimed and desired to be secured by United States Letters Patent is:

1. Apparatus for transmitting permutation code telegraph signals comprising circuit switching apparatus, a record medium carrying difiering combination code groups in each of a plurality of adjacent rows; means for simultaneously sensing'code groups in the adjacent rows operatively connected with said switching apparatus to condition the latter in accordance with combination code groups of differing composition; and means associated with and controlled by said switching apparatus, after a circuit connection has been closed to render said code sensing means inoperative with respect to all but one of the rows of code groups carried by the record medium.

2. In a telegraph message transmission system, circuit switching apparatus, message transmitting apparatus operatively connected with said switching i apparatus and comprising a plurality of groups of code sensing devices, means to simultaneously move all of said groups of devices to code sensing position and condition the transmitting apparatus to simultaneously transmit a plurality of different code signal combinations to said circuit switching apparatus, and means thereafter operable to render all but one of said groups of cod sensing devices ineffective and condition the transmitting apparatus to transmit message data to the switching apparatus by said one group of sensing devices.

3. The telegraph message transmission system as defined in claim 2, in which one group of code sensing devices conditions the transmitting apparatus to transmit to said circuit switching apparatus code signals identifying the type of message to be transmitted.

4. In a telegraph message transmission system, circuit switching apparatus, means operatively connected with and controlling said switching apparatus comprising a plurality of groups of code sensing devices simultaneously operable to efiect a plurality of different settings in said switching apparatus in accordance with the message address and type code signal combinations, and means thereafter operable to render only a selected one of said groups of code sensing devices effective to" transmit message address and code signal combinations.

5. In a system including switching devices for transmitting permutation code telegraph messages, whereineach code combination represents a character in a message and a plurality of code combinations represent the destination of the message; transmitting apparatus operatively connected with said switching devices and including a movable record medium, means controlled by said record medium to transmit individual character code combinations at definite time intervals, and additional means controlled by said record medium to simultaneously transmit a plurality of different code combinations representing the destination and of message and condition said switching means to transmit said individual character code combinations.

6. In a system for transmitting telegraph messages having a. plurality of incoming and outgoingcircuits and switching apparatus for selectively interconnecting said circuits; permutation code transmitting apparatus, means for selective- 1y connecting individual incoming and outgoing circuits'i 'with lsjald transmitting apparatus accordiri'gzto theiaddress and type of themessage, said transmitting apparatus including a. movable record medium,- means controlled by said record medium'to transmit individual message code combinations at definite time intervals'and addi tional means controlled by said recordmedium to simultaneouslytransmit a plurality of different address-code combinations and condition said r l0 switching apparatus to transmit said individual message code combinations.

7.' In a system of telegraphic communication including switching means by which messages are transmitted and received in permutation code combination; a code record controlled transmitter operatively connected with said switching means and comprising a group of code sensing devices for successively sensing message code combinations; a plurality of additional groups of code sensing devices for sensing adjacent code combinations, means for rendering said first and additional groups of codes sensing devices simultaneously efiective to condition said circuit switching means, and means for causing an independent sensing operation by said first group of devices after the sensing operation of said additional groups of devices has been completed.

8. In a telegraph system including circuit switching devices, a permutation code transmitter operatively connected with said switching devices and comprising a plurality of code sensing devices. adapted to be operatively controlled by a perforated tape, said groups of sensing devices being arranged in contiguous order to sense adjacent code groups of tape perforations, means for rendering all groups of sensing devices efiective to simultaneously sense the tape perforations and condition said switching devices, and additional means responsive to the closure of a message transmitting circuit by said switching devices to render all but one of said groups of sensing devices inoperative while said one group eflz'ectively senses message code perforations in the tape.

9. A permutation code signal transmitter for telegraph systems comprising a record medium carrying'successive groups of code indications, a plurality of groups of code sensing devices, means for imparting intermittent step movements to the record medium in one direction to successively position the groups of code indications in cooperative relation to all of said groups of sensing devices, and means operative during each interval of rest of the record medium to first cause the simultaneous effective operation of all groups ofsensing devices and then render all but one oi said groups of devices inefiective to sense the code indications of the record medium.

10. In atelegraph transmission system including circuit switching apparatus; a telegram code sensing and transmitting mechanism for sensing a record medium provided with contiguously placed groups of permutation code indications, said mechanism comprising means for simultaneously sensing and transmitting a plurality of contiguously placed groups of code combinations under control of the record medium to circuit switching apparatus and additional means operatively controlled by the record medium and said switching apparatus to sense and transmit only single groups of permutation code combinations to a message transmitting circuit.

EDWARD E. KLEIN SCHMIDT.

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